NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Linebacker Jack Campbell discovered following Iowa’s bowl win Saturday that his grandfather had died on a Nashville avenue Friday evening when he was struck by a car.
William Smith Jr., a 76-year-old from Waterloo, was pronounced lifeless on arrival at Vanderbilt Medical Heart the place he was taken after an accident that occurred at 10:18 p.m. in a avenue exterior of a Nashville resort.
A preliminary investigation by police revealed a person had been struck by a Vacation Inn Ford Transit passenger van that was touring on West Finish Avenue.
The police report indicated the pedestrian had stepped into the road whereas strolling with relations. One among relations tried to alert the person concerning the oncoming car however it’s believed Smith didn’t hear the warning.
“It was a horrible tragedy,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz stated following the sport. “We knew Jack’s grandfather, and he was an essential determine in Jack’s life and an ideal Hawkeye.”
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Ferentz supplied condolences to the household of Smith and the daddy of Jen Campbell, Jack Campbell’s stepmother.
The household selected to not inform the Hawkeye senior concerning the accident till after the Music Metropolis Bowl sport figuring out that Campbell can be enjoying his last sport along with his teammates.
Jack Campbell, the Butkus Award winner as the highest linebacker in school soccer, completed Saturday’s sport with a team-leading 10 tackles.
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